Inward investment totaled MOP29b in 2022

Inward direct investment flows in Macau totalled MOP 29.24 billion in 2022, down by 30.8% year-on-year, according to data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).

Analysed by industry, inflows of direct investment in Financial Activities, Wholesale & Retail Trade and the Gaming Sector stood at MOP 22.28 billion, MOP 4.16 billion and MOP 2.58 billion respectively. As regards immediate source of investment, capital came mainly from mainland China (MOP 20.09 billion) and the British Virgin Islands (MOP 5.68 billion).

Inward direct investment showed a loss of MOP 10.18 billion in 2022 since foreign direct investors in the Gaming Sector suffered a widened loss of MOP 35.31 billion. Meanwhile, income (including after-tax profits and interest) earned by foreign direct investors in Financial Activities and Wholesale & Retail Trade dropped by 8.7% and 32.6% year-on-year to MOP 14.75 billion and MOP 7.57 billion respectively.

As at the end of 2022, stock of inward direct investment totalled MOP 367.31 billion, up by 5.8% year-on-year. Analysed by immediate source of investment, investment stock from mainland China (MOP 84.25 billion) and the British Virgin Islands (MOP 72.05 billion) increased by 24.8% and 5.5% respectively year-on-year, while that from Hong Kong (MOP 95.54 billion) dropped by 3.0%. Staff Reporter